Unfortunately, the legacy of the losses earlier in the season against Villa and, especially, against Bournemouth is going to be that even if two or three ahead, teams will think they have a chance to come back against us. The anxiousness transmits back and forth between players and crowd in a bit of a doom loop and nervous players are always more likely to make a silly mistake.

To be fair, though, we shouldn’t allow the two late goals to overshadow the positives from the game. Some of the stuff from the first half was excellent and at no time prior to the first Spurs goal was there a sense that we had simply shut up shop. Nothing more frustrating than a team that is well on top retreating into its shell once it has gone a goal up.

Spot on with your reporting Lyndon as always.

A brilliant day, exciting football, great goals and no VAR! We actually went out for a win for once. Spoiled only by ridiculous defending at end.

One request for the club, can we please get rid of the stadium announcer, Rossy. His voice, apart from deafening everyone, is so OTT artificial and definitely not ‘Goodison’. Worst of all, we’ve just won the match and instead of being able to bang out ‘It’s a grand old team’, we have to wait while he goes on about the next match and the moment has gone. Get rid!

Strange to say that 3-2 did not do us justice. Great to score 3 in 45 minutes, without a set piece needed. Still big concerns about slack finishing, and a near collapse at the end.
However, 3 points, marvellous news, and a fair amount of open, flair football.
Thank you DM, more please.